U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on March 20, 2025. Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, saying that his administration is returning education back to the states. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong)
People inspect the site after U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 20, 2025. A new round of U.S. airstrikes struck Yemen's capital Sanaa on Wednesday evening, wounding at least nine people, including seven women and two children, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
People attend a rally near the Israeli Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. A mass rally broke out in Jerusalem on Wednesday, protesting against Israel's resumption of military operations in Gaza, and calling for an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages.
Israel has launched a "targeted ground operation" in central and southern Gaza, aiming to create a buffer zone between the northern and southern parts of the Palestinian enclave, the military said in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the military, the operation was launched "in the past 24 hours," shortly after Israel ended a two-month ceasefire and resumed airstrikes. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)
This photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows an illuminated building during the Festival of Lights in Zagreb, Croatia. (Zeljko Lukunic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)
Thomas Bach (R) invites Kirsty Coventry to deliver a speech after she was elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the 144th IOC session in Costa Navarino, Greece on March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
People buy flowers for Mother's Day in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 20, 2025. The locals celebrate Mother's Day on March 21. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
This photo shows a semi-invasive brain-machine interface (BMI) at a press conference held by the Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (CIBR) and NeuCyber NeuroTech (Beijing) Co., Ltd. in Beijing, capital of China, March 20, 2025. A Chinese semi-invasive brain-machine interface (BMI) research team has successfully completed multiple cases of full cortical BMI implantation, enabling an aphasic patient to output Chinese language and paralyzed patients to control computers and robotic arms. (Xinhua/Zhang Manzi)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows a bullet train running on Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway in Changlinhe Town of Feidong County in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Children try to stand eggs at a kindergarten in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 20, 2025. Spring Equinox, or Chunfen in Chinese, the fourth solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, fell on March 20 this year. (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)
